Michael York

A classically trained British actor who honed his craft on the stage, Michael York made a smooth transition to the screen with several noted Shakespearean performances in films made by Italian directo...
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Staff at the New York clinic where Joan Rivers suffered complications during a routine throat operation failed to follow proper medical protocols before giving her a big dose of the sedative Propofol, according to state health officials. The comedienne went into cardiac arrest while being treated at the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic and subsequently died from anoxic encephalopathy due to hypoxic arrest, a lack of oxygen to her brain, on 4 September (14).
Now officials at New York State's Department of Health and Human Services have released a full report about the tragedy, revealing there are no records to suggest Rivers had been weighed to help staff accurately determine how much Propofol - the same powerful drug which killed Michael Jackson in 2009 - she should have been administered.
The documents also detail a staff member's confession about making a mistake in inputting drug details on Rivers' computer records, which incorrectly suggested the late star had been given 300 milligrams of Propofol, more than twice the 120 milligram dose actually administered.
Furthermore, state officials found Rivers' personal doctor, Gwen Korovin, who reportedly posed for an inappropriate 'selfie' photo with her unconscious client, did not have proper authorisation to practise at the clinic.
Doctors operating on Rivers were also initially unaware that the comedienne's oxygen levels were dropping to dangerously low levels, which ultimately led to her medical emergency, according to the CMS report.
The news emerges days after executives at the U.S. government's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) inspected the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic and found a number of violations in areas including staffing, surgical services and patient rights.
Clinic bosses have been given until 7 January (15) to make appropriate changes or face losing its funding.
The new findings have prompted Rivers' daughter, Melissa, to issue a new statement via her lawyers, expressing her anger at the series of medical mishaps which appear to have cost her mother her life.
The statement reads: "Our client, Melissa Rivers, is terribly disappointed to learn of the multiple failings on the part of medical personnel and the clinic as evidenced by the CMS report.
"As any of us would be, Ms. Rivers is outraged by the misconduct and mismanagement now shown to have occurred before, during and after the procedure. Moving forward, Ms. Rivers will direct her efforts towards ensuring that what happened to her mother will not occur again with any other patient."
Melissa Rivers is considering legal action against Yorkville bosses over her mother's death.

The ex-girlfriend of actor Armand Assante's grand larceny case has been adjourned until later this month (Nov14) after she failed to reach a plea deal over allegations she made fraudulent purchases on Josh Brolin's credit card. Brazilian native Giselle Oliveira stands accused of stealing the No Country For Old Men star's American Express card details and racking up $40,000 (£25,000) in clothing charges between October, 2010 and January, 2013.
She is also facing accusations of shoplifting around $10,000 (£6,250)-worth of goods from top department store Saks Fifth Avenue.
Oliveira, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges, returned to Manhattan Criminal Court with her lawyer on Monday (10Nov14) for a brief meeting with prosecutors in front of Judge Michael Obus.
However, the two sides failed to agree on a suitable deal and the judge postponed the matter until 25 November (14), reports the New York Daily News.
Brolin's representative previously insisted the Oscar nominee had no recollection of ever meeting Oliveira.

Actor Michael Pitt reportedly had a brush with the law after he allegedly borrowed a car from the set of a clothing company commercial without permission. The Boardwalk Empire star was filming an advert for the Rag & Bone brand in New York City when he allegedly took the vintage vehicle, which was being used as a prop, for a ride with the director of photography, according to the New York Daily News.
The publication reports the owner of the car became concerned when he noticed it was missing and alerted the police.
A source says, "Pitt was gone for about 20 minutes and didn't answer his phone. He didn't have a driver's licence with him. The owner freaked out and told the NYPD officer doing traffic control on set."
The car was returned safely, and no charges were filed, but the publication reports the police officer reported the incident to the New York Mayor's Office.

Miranda Lambert was crowned the queen of country music after taking home four trophies at the 2014 CMA Awards on Wednesday night (05Nov14).
The Mama's Broken Heart singer picked up almost half of her nine nominations, including her fifth consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year prize. Lambert also nabbed Album of the Year for Platinum, and Single of the Year (Automatic). She also scored the Musical Event of the Year award for her we Were Us collaboration with Keith Urban.
The night's other big winner was Luke Bryan, who took home the coveted Entertainer of the Year honor. Lambert's husband Blake Shelton added another trophy to the couple's collection after he was named Male Vocalist of the Year for the fifth time.
Other victors included Little Big Town (Vocal Group of the Year), Florida Georgia Line (Vocal Duo of the Year), and Kacey Musgraves, who took home the Song of the Year award for Follow Your Arrow.
Vince Gill picked up a special award recognising his impact on country music - the Irving Waugh Award of Excellence has only been given to one other person - late legend Johnny Cash.
The evening at Nashville, Tennessee's Bridgestone Arena kicked off with two high-energy performances from Kenny Chesney and Lambert, who teamed up with Meghan Trainor for a rendition of her number one hit All About That Bass. Co-hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley each took the stage to perform their latest singles, and there were also sets from Urban, Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, and a duet from Eric Church and George Strait.
Other performances came from The Band Perry, who honoured ailing country music icon Glen Campbell by singing his song Gentle On My Mind, while Little Big Town joined Ariana Grande to sing her hit Bang Bang.
Musgraves surprised the audience by bringing country icon Loretta Lynn onstage for a rendition of her 1971 hit You're Lookin' at Country, and The Doobie Brothers were joined by Hunter Hayes, Jennifer Nettles and Hillary Scott for two renditions of the Michael McDonald-led band's hits.
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, actresses Connie Britton and Lucy Hale, and supermodel Lily Aldridge were among the presenters at the ceremony.
The full list of winners for the 2014 Country Music Association Awards is as follows:
Entertainer of the Year: Luke Bryan
Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert
Male Vocalist of the Year: Blake Shelton
Vocal Group of the Year: Little Big Town
Vocal Duo of the Year: Florida Georgia Line
New Artist of the Year: Brett Eldredge
Album of the Year: Platinum - Miranda Lambert
Song of the Year: Follow Your Arrow - Kacey Musgraves
Single of the Year: Automatic - Miranda Lambert
Music Video of the Year: Drunk on a Plane - Dierks Bentley
Musical Event of the Year: We Were Us - Miranda Lambert and Keith Urban
Musician of the Year: Mac McAnally, Guitar

Taylor Swift's new album 1989 beat the latest Now hits compilation to the top of the U.S. charts by over one million copies.
Swift chalked up the biggest sales week on the Billboard 200 countdown in 12 years with a 1.287 million opening haul, scoring the second biggest-selling album of the year in just seven days - she's a million sales behind the Frozen soundtrack.
With 103,000 sales, the Now 52 compilation debuts in second place, almost 1.2 million sales behind Swift's new album.
Her first-week sales are also well over twice as much as the rest of the new top 10, which includes new releases from Barry Manilow, country star Sam Hunt, Chris Tomlin and rockers Black Veil Brides - the rest of the top 10 accounts for 439,000 sales. Hunt bows at three with his debut Motevallo, while Manilow returns to the top flight at four with My Dream Duets, and Jason Aldean's Old Boots, New Dirt rounds out the top five.

Friday Night Lights introduced the world to Taylor Kitsch and for that we are eternally grateful. But it also gave us so much more. The fantastic characters and realistic performances made it a show that went beyond high school football. It has since claimed its well-earned spot as one of the best shows ever to grace our TV screens. Even though FNL lasted for five seasons, we’re still not over it.
1. Tami and Eric Taylor’s relationship.
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Easily one of the best married couples to ever be portrayed on TV.
2. General Tim Riggins debauchery.
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Including, but not limited to, the day drinking, the affair with his best friend’s girl and that time he screwed the single mom who lived next door. Riggins, we wouldn’t have you any other way.
3. Tim Riggins' unwavering Texas pride.
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Pretty convinced no one loved Texas as much as Riggins.
4. The cockiness of Smash Williams.
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He was so full of himself, and we ate it up.
5. Tami Taylor's magical hair.
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Ok, technically it's Connie Britton's magical hair, and we can still see it on Nashville, but we miss how perfect Tami always looked.
6. Every time Coach Taylor went into over-protective dad mode.
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7. And on a related note, the fact that Kyle Chandler was a total DILF.
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8. Matt Saracen’s emotional scenes.
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Remember the petition to get Zach Gilford an Emmy nomination? Still bummed that nomination never happened.
9. Matt's grandma.
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We loved Grandma Saracen. And we loved how Matt took care of her.
10. How annoying Julie was.
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Yes, that's how much we miss FNL. We even miss Julie's whining.
11. The football games.
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Even if you weren't a football fan, these scenes were still exciting to watch.
12. Tim and Jason Street's friendship.
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That episode when they go to New York. Bromance at its best.
13. Landry's wise words of advice.
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We miss when Jesse Plemons was sweet, funny Landry. It helps us block out creepy Todd, his character on Breaking Bad.
14. The fact that FNL introduced a whole new set of characters in season four, and we ended up loving them just as much as the old ones.
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Hell yes, Michael B. Jordan. Go Lions!
15. Buddy Garrity. 'Nuff said.
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World's biggest football fan, and world's most obnoxious car salesman/human being. We loved watching him annoy everybody.
16. Coach’s inspiring pep talks.
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We don't even play football, yet we were ready to grab a helmet and get out on the field after one of these speeches.
17. The way Tim looked at Lyla.
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Swoon.
18. Whenever Lyla actually lightened up.
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And any scene involving Mindy Collette.
19. Landry and Tyra's relationship.
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We loved how this unexpected romance blossomed. (We'll just pretend that murder storyline from season two never happened, shall we?)
20. That feeling of victory.
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Rooting for the characters and then seeing them succeed was the best feeling ever.
21. The utterance of this phrase.
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Never forget.
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Daniel Radcliffe's magical new role in the Now You See Me sequel has been confirmed, weeks after co-star Michael Caine let the big casting news slip during an interview.
The Harry Potter star will be back to his old tracks, alongside returning stars Caine, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco, according to a Lionsgate studio representative. It's not clear if Isla Fisher, who was recently reported to be pregnant with her third child, will be back for the new film.
Lizzy Caplan and Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou will also appear in the sequel, which will be directed by Jon M. Chu.

Richard Gere's estranged wife Carey Lowell has reportedly stepped down as a co-owner of the couple's New York bed and breakfast after filing for divorce.
The Pretty Woman star opened the eight-room Bedford Post Inn with Lowell in 2007, and the couple handed over control of the restaurant to celebrity chef Michael White in March (14). The space has since been turned into Italian eatery Campagna, which relaunched on Monday (03Nov14). However, only Gere is listed as the owner of the Bedford Post, suggesting actress Lowell is no longer involved in the business.
A representative for the actor has yet to comment on the New York Post report, which emerged two weeks after Gere and Lowell headed to court for a private divorce hearing.
The pair wed in 2002.

Actors Hugh Jackman and Matthew Broderick joined the fashion elite on Monday (03Nov14) as stars including Anna Wintour, Tommy Hilfiger and former U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton gathered in New York to attend a private funeral for Oscar De La Renta. Designers Valentino Garavani, Ralph Lauren, Diane von Furstenberg, Michael Kors and Donna Karan, who arrived in a wheelchair after injuring her ankle, filed into the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan, where other mourners included Russian dancer/actor Mikhail Baryshnikov, veteran U.S. newswoman Barbara Walters, Clinton's daughter Chelsea, supermodel Karlie Kloss, celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz and director Mike Nichols and his reporter wife Diane Sawyer.
Few details about the ceremony itself have been released, but Wintour was expected to read the poem He Is Gone by David Harkins during the service.
Broderick's actress wife Sarah Jessica Parker, who was a close friend of de la Renta's, was notably absent from the memorial as she was shooting a new film in Italy.
The Dominican-born style guru passed away at his Connecticut home on 20 October (14) at the age of 82. He had been diagnosed with cancer in 2006.

A judge has issued a temporary restraining order against Lindsay Lohan preventing her from working on her fashion app while she is embroiled in a legal battle with a website developer. The Mean Girls star was hit with a $60 million (£37.5 million) lawsuit by Fima Potik, who claims Lohan and her brother Michael, Jr. worked with him on the idea for celebrity fashion website Spotted Friend but stole the concept and created an "identical" cell phone app called Vigme with a rival company.
Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Saliann Scarpulla issued a temporary restraining order on Friday (31Oct14), which stops both Lindsay and Michael from working on Vigme. They cannot launch, promote or market the product.
The Lohans' attorney Ravi Batra tells New York Post gossip column Page Six that the order simply "preserves the status quo" until they can file court papers, which will allegedly prove "that Fima is an inept plagiariser who fraudulently induced Lindsay, Mike and (their pal) Chris to join him with (false) representations that he would have a product-recognizing app by June 2013 - an app he still hasn't created."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the siblings will be able to challenge the order at the next hearing, which the judge has ruled will take place no later than 20 November (14).

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Succeeded Richard Gere in the lead role of Max in the Broadway production of "Bent"

US musical theater debut, "The Little Prince and the Aviator"; show closed in previews in NYC

Acted in Franco Zeffirelli's production of "Much Ado About Nothing" at the National Theatre

While in teens, worked with semi-professional Bromley Little Theatre Company; appeared in "The Yellow Jacket"

Had recurring role on the AMC original series "The Lot", portraying an Errol Flynn-like actor; earned Emmy nomination for guest performance

Played dual roles in the syndicated "The Night of the Fox"

Delivered a fine turn as an amoral bisexual in "Something for Everyone", stage director Harold Prince's first feature film

First film as producer (associate), "The Riddle of the Sands" (also actor); released in USA 1984

Reprised Basil in "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me"

Played media mogul Stone Alexander in the religious-themed "The Omega Man"

Had leading role in the CBS movie "The Master of Ballantrae"

Acted in the BBC film "The Weather in the Streets"

Toured Italy with the Youth Theater in a production of "Julius Caesar"

Acted in the all-star ensemble of "Murder on the Orient Express"

Essayed King Charles II in "The Lady and the Highwayman" (CBS)

Portrayed King Arthur in the ABC movie "A Knight in Camelot"

Essayed the tough head of a reform school in "Borstal Boy"

Portrayed Basil Exposition, the head of British intelligence in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery"

Had lead role of a mysterious professor who attempts to assist a troubled young man in "Henry James' The Haunting of Hell House"; released on video before airing on Cinemax

Essayed the role of Brian Roberts, the stand-in for author Christopher Isherwood, in Bob Fosse's film adaptation of "Cabaret"

Broadway debut in Tennessee Williams' short-lived play "Outcry"

Portrayed Pip in the NBC version of "Great Expectations"

Played a regular role on the CBS primetime soap opera "Knots Landing'

Acted in "Danielle Steel's 'The Ring'" (NBC)

Joined The National Theatre in London (January)

Published a memoir about his adventures in Filmmaking in 21st century Russia entitled "Are My Blinkers Showing?"

Earned Daytime Emmy nomination as a music video producer who discovers his wife may not be deceased but may be a homeless woman in "Are You My Mother?", an "ABC Afterschool Special"

Reprised the role of Basil in "Austin Powers: Goldmember"

Co-starred in the CBS miniseries "Fall From Grace"

Essayed Merlin in "A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"

TV acting debut as Young Jolyon in the BBC production of "The Forsyte Saga"

Reportedly turned down the male lead in the film version of "Love Story"

Played John the Baptist in the NBC biblical miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth"

Cast as an opera producer in love with a singer in the CBS version of "The Phantom of the Opera"

Cast as Tybalt in Zeffirelli's film version of "Romeo and Juliet"

Played Rachel Ward's husband in "Wide Sargasso Sea"

Had lead role in the sci-fi thriller "Logan's Run"

At age three, broke nose when he jumped off the roof of a coal house trying to fly

Gave a strong performance as a Brit traveling in Nazi Germany in the underrated "England Made Me"

Raised in Burgess Hill, a suburb of London and Brighton

Film acting debut in "The Taming of the Shrew", directed by Zeffirelli

Reprised role in the sequel, "Megiddo: Omega Code 2"

Played D'Artagnan in "The Three Musketeers", Richard Lester's romp based on the Dumas' classic

London stage debut, a one-line role in a production of "Hamlet"

Became member of Dundee Repertory Theatre in Scotland; stage debut there as Sergius in "Arms and the Man"; adopted stage name of Michael York

Returned to the Broadway stage in a production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"

Summary

A classically trained British actor who honed his craft on the stage, Michael York made a smooth transition to the screen with several noted Shakespearean performances in films made by Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. Though not a leading performer, York delivered strong turns as Lucentino in "The Taming of the Shrew" (1967) and Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet" (1968), before he played more seductively charming men in "Something for Everyone" (1970) and "Cabaret" (1972). While starring as D'Artagnan in "The Three Musketeers" (1973) and Logan in the sci-fi cult classic "Logan's Run" (1976), he also turned to television to play Pip in "Great Expectations" (NBC, 1974) and John the Baptist in the epic miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth" (NBC, 1977). In the following decade, York joined the cast of "Knot's Landing" (CBS, 1979-1993), while stepping back into guest starring spots on shows like "Babylon 5" (TNT, 1993-98) and "Sliders" (Fox, 1995-99). Though he made fewer appearances on the big screen later in his career, York was quite memorable as the affable Basil Exposition in the "Austin Power" series, starring Mike Myers. As he continued forward, York diversified his talents to include voice work for both animated projects and a host of audiobooks, which served to underscore the wide breadth of the actor's talents.

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Florence Edith May Johnson

Mother

Joseph Johnson

Father

was executive with Marks and Spencer department stores

Patricia York

Wife

married on March 27, 1968; American; met while filming "Smashing Time"; published "Going Strong", a book of interviews and photographs of people over the age of 75 in 1991

Education

Name

University College, Oxford University

Notes

Made a Chevalier de L'Ordre National des Arts et Lettres by the French government in 1995.

Awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1996.

"I've always learned by doing. Of course, it's another way of life. But you always think of the end result. It's a question of temperament. For some people the theater is an absolute grind. You rehearse and then you do it. You do it and you do it and you do it. Whereas [in films and TV] the great thing is every moment is a new adventure. Something new is always happening. Film has this organic life. You have a script, but once you put director, actors, script, and setting together you get a chemical reaction. You come out with maybe something you weren't anticipating at the beginning, which is always exciting."---Michael York quoted in Cinefanstastique, April 1997.

"That's the wonderful thing, when one keeps adding pearls to the crown right up to the end. And that's what I love about this profession."---York quoted in Venice, November 2005.